Dealing with a pirate intrusion

Friday, September 4th, 2009

I'm warping to rendezvous with my corporation friend, sitting on an acceleration gate that leads in to a level four encounter mission for Lai Dai. 'There may be four battleships in there', she informs me, as I impetuously activate the gate before she can steal all the aggro from ...

A Crane fit for me

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

The top crane companies transport ship is gorgeous. Sleek and manoeuvrable, it powers through the void at 9 AU/second, aligning and and entering warp in the blink of an eye. Even though its base speed is slower than a shuttle the higher warp speed, far superior cargo hold, ...

Working on Lai Dai standings

Tuesday, September 1st, 2009

I may not have been successful yet in inventing a Crane but I sense my fortune lies in that direction, whether it be gained in Tech II BPCs or lost by throwing hundreds of datacores in to failed invention jobs. Being back in k-space for a while means I ...

Mining Badger

Monday, August 31st, 2009

Running missions for production agents unsurprisingly turns up the occasional challenge to mine some rocks floating in space. I take my Retriever out to the deadspace complex, and my corporation colleague comes along in a, uh, okay. A certain someone may be in denial about losing her Hulk. I ...

On the path to Damnation

Friday, August 28th, 2009

I am convinced that I need Damnation. Well, a Damnation, the Amarr command ship, for wormhole engineers fleet operations. Apparently, the bonuses it gives would be quite suited to our current fleet options, but I am swayed when I see its crow-like black-on-black hull. The Damnation is ...

The Crane is mine!

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009

All is ready! Caldari starship engineering skill training reaches level IV and the other engineering disciplines are also at level IV. My Lai Dai R&D agent has accumulated quite a few datacores for me, whilst I have spent a few weeks in w-space, which I happily collect on ...

Temporary withdrawal

Monday, August 24th, 2009

There is no denying that w-space is dangerous. If it's not pirates snaring us in warp bubbles, it's Sleepers scrambling our warp drives. And if it's not Sleepers scrambling our warp drives it's pirates ambushing our mining operation. And if it's not pirates ambushing our mining operation, ...

Jane's Guide to the Starships in New Eden

Friday, August 21st, 2009

As another mining expedition in w-space comes to an end, with more than a few jet-cans full of exotic ores transported back to the corporation's tower, a lone capsuleer appears on the local communication channel. In w-space, no one appears in the local channel until they openly broadcast, which ...

Taking a chance on invention

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

I really like the Crane. I borrow Kename Fin's when she's not looking, and when she's around pretend I couldn't possibly borrow it in a reverse-psychology manoeuvre that naturally ends up with me zooming across the galaxy at hugely impressive warp speeds. It warps faster than a shuttle, ...

Adding rigs to the Drake

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

I finally get my first rigs fitted to a ship. I have been aware of their benefits for quite a while, just as I have been aware of their multi-million ISK costs. As much as I would like a significant boost to my shield recharge time on my ...